Roses Are Red

Written by Miranda Rijks

Narrated by Helen Day

After the murder of her husband, Lydia meets the perfect man. But then her world starts to collapse, and she becomes convinced someone is trying to destroy her happiness.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media
• Release date: Sep 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9781666613124

Miranda Rijks

Miranda Rijks is a bestselling author of psychological thrillers, including The Visitors, The Arrangement, and Roses Are Red. When she's not writing, she dreams about living in a chalet on a Swiss mountain, obsessively knitting and coming up with crazy business ideas. She lives with her husband, musician daughter, and black Labradors in West Sussex, England.

Reviews for Roses Are Red

[meboles · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Suspenseful and well crafted first person narrative despite the killer's identity being obvious. Our heroine is so gullible that I kept wondering if there'd be a last minute plot twist where the obvious con man killer turned out to be innocent. There wasn't.

[Zoe O'Farrell (Zooloo's Book Diary) · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Character List *spoiler free*

Adam, married to Lydia, two children, Oliver and Mia, likes the women

Lydia Palmer, married 19 years to Adam, two children, joint owner of Cracking crafts

Ajay, married to Marianne, joint owner of Cracking Crafts

Cassie, Lydia’s best friend, sometime babysitter of the children

Fiona, met Cassie in the gym, friends with Cassie, a lawyer

Patrick, gorgeous and Lydia's new lover


I do love a book by Miranda! You are guaranteed twists and turns and a rollicking good time! It is no different here. This is not my favourite, however, by Miranda, I did find it dragged slightly in the middle, but that was only because I wanted the action of what was to come. I wanted more disruption and bad feelings for Lydia - wrong I know, but we focused more on Patrick and Lydia. I understand why, but I wanted a bit more terror. That's not to say, I didn't like Lydia, I really did. She was dealt such a bad hand in life, and it just didn't get better. I was watching, upset for her and what she was going through, that I thought there was hope for her.

Out with Adam and in with Patrick. You can guess the twists, but I actually loved it in this book. It added an extra dimension because you just knew that something didn't add up and as you follow it through, it was a very intense game of cat and mouse....except not all the players knew they were in a game.

I really do love books by Miranda, she is a Queen at what she does. She entertains, but she also has you on the edge of your seat, and it is the same here. I blasted the audiobook, although the narrator was amusing when doing the male voices, and I wanted to constantly be glued to it. I needed to know what was going to happen. I loved the ending, and I loved how things worked out, just felt for Lydia the entirety of the book! The emotions were definitely high in this book as you just want to protect the characters you warm to.

This is a page-turner and a book I found hard to put down!

[thelma · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A 3.4
Started well and promised a lot of mystery. Very quickly the plot was figured out and the mystery left. I started getting pissed at the stupidity of the characters
The book isnt bad overall but I would not recommend